After a rather hectic week, I opted for a morning out and away from things and took a train with Mr Dawes over to Tonbridge.  It’s a 32 minute run through some lovely Kent countryside, and much more relaxing than driving.  I always have mixed feelings about the show due to the long, long, queues to get in.  However this year we left a little later to avoid the opening rush, and there was no queue outside the building.  Maybe they have got more efficient on the door, as the halls seemed as busy.  As can be seen from the tea room….

As usual, it was a pretty good show, so here goes with two posts worth of highlights.  This time around, I’ll start with the layouts that caught my eye.

I’ve seen Kamiack Falls (HO) before, but this seems to me to be a US railroad modelled with a UK approach.  It’s set somewhere in the east of Washington state, and the fall trees immediately catch the eye.  Short trains switch and pass through at scale speeds.  The only catch with this is that I had to wait a long time to get the picture I wanted!

I’ve seen Janes Creek (EM) at a number of shows recently – but it is still worth another look.  Here I just took pictures of the lovely ships modelled on the layout.

Brinklow (N) models a station on the Trent Valley Railway, running next to the Oxford canal.  Excellent scenery, and a regular service of trains all set up with realistic formations of stock. 

Cessy-en-Bois (HO) is an immersive little bit of the south of France, where it’s rather hot and things happen slowly, if at all…..

Modern china clay at Wheal Elizabeth (P4).

And last for today, The Bedlam Brewery Company in On16.5.